<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fe3de16f-c5e6-4c16-9051-85a4b8635e31/81FE426C-BBC9-4433-B65F-E6375A24979D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/" href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thesimpledollar.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><P><A title="career fair by yngrich at Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yngrich/123444300/"><IMG border="0" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/123444300_d232c43b7b_m.jpg" alt="career fair by yngrich at Flickr" /></A>There are a lot of ways to choose a career. Most of them are bad.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/">First thing, <STRONG>throw your preconceptions out the window.</STRONG> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/">Second thing, <STRONG>don’t worry about income when choosing a career.</STRONG> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/">Third thing, <STRONG>listen to <EM>your</EM> heart.</STRONG> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/">Fourth thing, <STRONG>be realistic about your skills.</STRONG> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/">Got all that? <STRONG>What’s left is figuring out what your skills are (your actual vocation) and what you’re passionate about (the subject of your vocation).</STRONG> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/">How do I figure out my skills?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>What classes come easier to you naturally?</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>What are you naturally drawn to doing in your spare time?</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>What areas do you test well in?</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>What careers naturally match your default personality?</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>What do others perceive you as an expert at?</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>What career paths make you feel happiest when you imagine yourself following through with them?</EM> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>How do I figure out my passions?</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>Ask questions</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>Ignore what’s “cool”</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>Dabble in everything</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>When something really piques your interest, try it again - and again</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/"><EM>Associate with people who share this new interest of yours</EM></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/81FE426C-BBC9-4433-B65F-E6375A24979D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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